Mattress



March 16 1926. 1,576,738

s. FULD MATTRESS Filed Jan. 9, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 S. FULD MATTRESS edEdd March 16 1926.

Patented ar. I 16, 1926.

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MATTRESS.

Application led January 9, 1923. Serial No. 611,558.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIEGFRIED FULD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia t and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMattresses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mattresses, more particularly to springmattresses. Heretofore mattresses of this type were made with a layer ofcotton between the spring covering and the outside casing. to thisconstruction was that the springs dislodged the layer of cotton and in ashort time wore their way through to the outside casing. Thisconditioncaused the mattress to lose its shape and made it veryuncomfortable to rest on because the springs had no cotton padding.

The object of my invention is t-'o provide a construction which willprevent the springs from wearing through the cotton layer and which willincrease the life of the mattress. This object, and other advanta eousends which willv be described hereinafter, I attain in the followingmanner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure1 is a vertical section through a mattress constructed in accordancewith my invention, l Figure 2 a fragmentary plan view of Figure 1 drawnon a smaller scale,

Figures 3 and 4 are different forms of mattress casings constructed inaccordance with my invention, and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the casing in a modifiedform.

Referring to the drawings, 7 is a mattress which includes coiled springs8 enclosed by a covering 9 of fabric or other flexible material.Reinforcing rods 10 are inserted in the corners 11 of the covering tokeep the 45 springs in position and to provide .corner foundations. Aquilted casing 12 lencloses the covering and 1s composed of a layer offibrous material 13, preferably cotton, and a cloth covering 14. Thecotton and the cloth -are quilted as shown at 15. The quilting may be ofany suitable design, such as squares, diamonds, etc. The corners of theThe objection the springs from c covering 9 are provided with a fillerof cotton 16 sewed thereto so that when the cas- 1ng is applied, thecorners of the casing will be puffed as shown at 17. Laps 18 areprovided on the edges of cloth covering 14 so as to permit the casing tobe stitched together by a thread 19 in any suitable manner. rlhe casingis secured to the spring flztver by stitching threads 2O around rods InFigure 5, I have shown a casing with cloth coverings 21 and 22 on bothsides of the layer of cotton 23. The casing is quilted through thecoverings and the layer of cotton by threads 24. LThe laps 25 arestitched together by a thread 26 in any suitable manner. In all otherrespects the mattress is similar to that' shown in Figure 1 and similarparts are given corresponding reference characters.

- When the mattress is in use, the quilting will keep the cotton inplace and prevent shifting it or working their Way through to the clothcovering. lThis construction increases the life of the mattress. p

While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it Willbe understood that the various parts of my invention may be changedwithout departing from the s irit thereof, and hence I do not limitmyself to the precise construction set forth,

but consider that I am at liberty to make such changes and alterationsas fairlyk come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A mattress com 'rising a core arrangementcharacterized y being composed of compressible springs arranged Within acovv ering andl by having foundation members holding the springs inposition; a casing of uniform thlckness completely enveloping the core,and filler expansions arranged within the casing in positions to restover and to be reenforced by, said foundation members, substantially asdescribed.

2. A mattress comprising a core arrangement characterized by beingcomposed of compressible sprin s arrangedwithin a casing and by havingoundation members holding the springs in position; a, easing of uni-Witliin such folds to provide filler expanform thickness completelyenveloping the sions Within the casing in positions to rest core andincluding an outer covering, an in-l over and to be reenforced hy, saidfoundnnel' covering and a filler quilted together, the tion members,substantially as described.

inner Covering at points opposite the foundaln testimony whereof I havesigned my tion members being folded upon itself Withname to thisspecification. in the casing filler and containing a filler SIEGFRIEDFULD.

